With over two decades of invaluable business experience in technology and system change, Lady Mariéme Jamme has garnered extensive knowledge and expertise in her field. Her global speeches advocating for humanity and promoting a sense of responsibility towards marginalised young girls have received numerous accolades and recognition. She is the Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer of iamtheCODE, the first African-led global movement to mobilise government, the private sector, and philanthropic foundations to advance S.T.E.A.M.D. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Design) Education. She aims to empower and enable 1 million girls and young women globally to become coders by 2030 and align with the U.N. 2030 Agenda. She is an award-winning Technologist and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. In September 2017, she won the Innovation Award at the Global Goals Award by Bill and Melinda Gates and UNICEF as a Goalkeeper to advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by supporting girls and young women globally, as well as businesses and governments. As a nominee for one of the BBC’s Top 100 Women, she was named twice on the UK Powerlist in 2017 and 2018 for Britain’s 100 most influential African and African Caribbean heritage people. She is the first Senegalese woman to make it to the Arctic. Lady Mariéme Jamme recently launched a Podcast aimed at women and girls. She sits on the World Economic Forum Re-skilling Revolution council as a founding member, which aims to upskill and reskill 1 billion people by 2030. Lady Mariéme Jamme is well-known for her advocacy for technology, education, and gender equality, particularly in Africa. Establishing Accur8Global to advise governments on AI ethics, risks, and governance aligns with her commitment to ensuring the responsible and beneficial development and deployment of AI technologies.
Lady Marieme Jamme is a globally recognised leader, digital education pioneer, and humanitarian dedicated to empowering young people, especially marginalised girls and refugees. Overcoming adversity, she became a self-taught coder and built iamtheCODE, a movement spanning 88 countries and training over 400,000 girls in STEAMD education.
Her determination to see young people gain the skills Africa needs is beyond measure. She understands that skills will liberate Africa and has worked tirelessly to equip young women with technology and digital literacy to access education, employment, and economic independence.
Lady Marieme’s impact extends beyond education—she is a policy influencer and global advocate, working with governments, corporations, and UN agencies to ensure African women and girls are included in the digital economy. Despite international recognition, she visits refugee camps like Kakuma and Dadaab, mentoring and mobilising resources for young women, girls and boys.
La filosofía africana "Ubuntu", explicada por Nelson Mandela, se traduce aproximadamente como "Yo soy porque tú eres". En otras palabras, yo no soy nadie sin ti, y tú no eres nadie sin mí.
The African philosophy “Ubuntu,” as explained by Nelson Mandela, roughly translates as “I am because you are.” In other words, I am nobody without you, and you are nobody without me.
• Fostering a sense of common humanity is essential to reversing current inequalities and polarized communities.
The evidence that China is Africa’s friend and largest trading partner is well documented and solidly argued by economists like Dambisa Moyo.
Listening looks easy, but it's not simple. Every head is a world. - Cuban Proverb
We are recently back from Rwanda, where the World Economic Forum Africa took place between 11th and 14th of May. Over 7 head of states and one thousand delegates attended.
